DJ Qualls is claiming that he was beaten by Vancouver police officer Brian Trklja for no reason, US Magazine is reporting. The ‘Memphis Beat’ actor posted a series of tweets after he was released from the emergency room, saying he had to get stitches. Qualls also tweeted “I was not arrested because I was innocent. I was handcuffed and bleeding while the cop kept saying to me, ‘You think you’re f*cking better than me?’” He added that the altercation started when he saw a man punch a woman outside of a cafe. “When all were arrested, I saw the guy who punched the girl and told the officer,” the actor…

Justin Timberlake has signed on to portray the late record producer Neil Bogart in the upcoming biopic ‘Spinning Gold,’ Deadline is reporting. The singer will also make his producing debut on the film. The movie which will be released by Boardwalk Films, the movie division of the media company Boardwalk Entertainment Group, which was recently launched by Bogart’s sons. ‘Spinning Gold,’ which was written by Bogart’s son Tim, will chronicle his rags-to-riches story. Growing up poor in Brooklyn, he later became a multimillionaire and helped define 1970s pop culture with his Casablanca label. Bogart launched the careers of such groups as KISS, Parliament and The Village People through Casablanca. Tim…

Usually, the autumn days have us thickening our clothing layers with a dismal expression on our faces, but this fall we think our frowns will be permanently flipped around. We credit our surge of optimism to Grace Potter and The Nocturnals. We got to check out the genre-fusing band on Saturday night, September 24th, at Rumsey Playfield Central Park and the night was magical. That description might sound a bit corny, but Grace Potter and The Nocturnals remind us just why we fell for music in the first place. We have had the band’s 2010 self-titled album on constant replay for the past year, but seeing them perform the tracks…

The show “Pan Am” is a glitzy, glossy version of 1960s escapism, but remember the keyword here is “escapism.” One of the biggest critiques of the show is that it doesn’t seem like it’ll really tackle the tougher issues of the ’60s–women’s rights, racism and the Civil Rights Movement–as much as show them as bullet points and move on. And to be fair, the show really isn’t set up to be hard-hitting. But if you really want to know a true story from a Pan Am stewardess, read Carole Mallory’s article, “My Turbulent Career as a Pan Am Stewardess” at The Huffington Post. In the article, Mallory describes how she…

We hate to convey a band’s sound by comparing it to that of another, but sometimes there is no way around it, especially when the comparison is layered with compliments. So, City Lights, you guys are the exception to our no association rule. It is time for you guys to meet your parents, Simple Plan and Bowling For Soup. The Columbus, Ohio band, which consists of vocalist, Oshie Bichar, guitarist, Joey Kasouf, guitarist, Jeremy Smith, bassist, Chase Clymer and drummer, Sean Smith, formed in 2008 and released their debut EP, “Rock Like A Party Star” in April of that same year. The pop punksters will drop their inVogue Records debut,…

A few days ago, we reported on“The Perfect House,” a film by Randy Kent and Kris Hulbert. This film will be the first to be distributed by FlickLaunch, a new distributing platform by Facebook. Hulbert and Kent think that the platform will not only help them, but other indie directors who want to put their film out to the public. Kent and Hulbert said the movie originally started with a movie short by Hulbert. “We were thinking about how to stretch this into a feature,” said Kent, “so we thought, ‘how about we do an anthology?’” According to Hulbert, over the course of six months, two more shorts were written…

Read our exclusive interview with director Billy Corben, whose newest documentary, ‘Limelight.’ is set to hit theaters on September 23, 2011. The film tells the story of legendary nightclub owner Peter Gatien, who rose to fame with his New York City nightclubs Limelight, Tunnel, Palladium and Club USA in the 1980s and ’90s. While Gatien initially served as the figurehead for New York nightlife for a generation and defined the image of an era, he was eventually brought down during Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s determined crackdown on clubs. ‘Limelight’ features interviews with notorious players of the 1980s and ’90s club era, key informants in Gatien’s tax evasion trials and the nightclub…

Here’s some recently discovered behind the scenes videos from the Toronto set of the upcoming remake of “Total Recall” by director Len Wiseman (Hawaii Five-0, Live Free or Die Hard, Underworld) and starring Kate Beckinsale (Happy Holidays, Katherine Sloane, Underworld 4: New Dawn), Colin Farrell (Phone Booth, Alexander, Horrible Bosses), Jessica Biel (The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, The A-Team), Bill Nighy (Jack and the Giant Killer, Clash of the Titans 2), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad, Malcolm in the Middle), Ethan Hawke (Moby Dick, Boyhood, Daybreakers) and John Cho (Star Trek 2, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas). Synopsis: As the nation states Euromerica and New Shanghai vie for…

Check out the latest movie poster for the upcoming film “The Rum Diary” by director Bruce Robinson (In Dreams, Return to Paradise) and starring Johnny Depp (Sin City 3, Alice in Wonderland, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus), Amber Heard (Zombieland, Pineapple Express) and Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight). Click Here for more photos, news and movie trailers from The Rum Diary. Synopsis: Paul Kemp is a freelance journalist who finds himself at a critical turning point in his life while writing for a run-down newspaper in the Caribbean. Paul is challenged on many levels as he tries to carve out a more secure niche for himself amidst a group of…

No one expected “The Lion King” to stay at no. 1 for two weeks in a row, but the film has done the improbable. Before we get into any analysis, let’s go over the top ten movies of the week: “The Lion King (in 3D)”–$22,130,000 “Moneyball”–$20,600,000 “Dolphin Tale”–$20,260,000 “Abduction”–$11,200,000 “Killer Elite”–$9,500,000 “Contagion”–$8,565,000 “Drive”–$5,771,000 “The Help”–$4,400,000 “Straw Dogs” $2,100,000 “I Don’t Know How She Does It”–$2,053,000 Analysis: My analysis for this week is pretty much a repeat of last week’s; people are flocking to “The Lion King” because 1)it’s a limited-time theatrical release, and people who didn’t see it in the theaters want to see it where it was meant to…